USS Boston (SSN-703)

6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged

110.3 m

10 m

9.7 m

12 officers, 115 teams

A S6G reactor

30 nodes

4533 -mm torpedo tubes

The USS Boston ( SSN -703 ) was a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and was among the Los Angeles - class. Patron saint for she was the city of Boston, Massachusetts.

History

SSN -703 was given in 1973 at Electric Boat in order and there was laid in August 1978 to Kiel. In dry dock the Boston spent 20 months you launch took place on 19 April 1980. End of January 1982, the submarine was finally officially in service.

After a period of service of 17 years, the Boston ended her career by participating in the exercise UNITAS, the South and Central America takes place with numerous navies around the South American continent. On 19 November 1999 the boat was decommissioned.

In 2002, the decomposition in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Ship - Submarine Recycling Program) has been terminated. Only the rudder and the tower were preserved and are now on display in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York.

In fiction

Boston plays a role in Tom Clancy's novel In the storm. It is involved in the bombardment of Russian airfields with cruise missiles BGM -109 Tomahawk.